U.S. stocks open with the Dow Jones down 0.3%, while defense stocks generally rise.

ChainCatcher news, according to Golden Ten Data, at the opening of the US stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 0.3%, the S&P 500 Index dropped by 0.05%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index declined by 0.12%. Defense stocks generally rose, with Lockheed Martin up 6.66% and Raytheon Technologies up 2.55%. Trump plans to increase the 2027 defense budget by 50% to 1.5 trillion US dollars. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index fell by 0.37%.